Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1926

Channing froze in place, a profound sorrow overtaking his dark eyes.

It was as if the tall, broad-shouldered man had just taken a heavy punch, his spine bending in defeat.

An unspeakable, isolating chill seemed to wrap around him.

Standing there, he looked as though the entire world had wronged him.

Coralie ignored the dejection written plainly on his face, her tone matching the forced coldness in her heart:

"Or are you not satisfied with the compensation I gave you?"

"No."

Channing shook his head, taking a half-step forward, his thin lips struggling to form the words. "I waited here for you just to say a proper goodbye."

Coralie was slightly taken aback; she had expected him to stubbornly refuse to leave.

"Fine, I accept your goodbye." Coralie sat on the sofa, aggressively scrolling on her phone, pretending not to care and avoiding his gaze as she spoke icily, "You can go now. From now on, we go our separate ways."

"If you ever need anything, you can always find me."

Channing set down the bag in his hand and spoke softly, "This is freshly made poached pear soup. It'll soothe your throat."

Her morning sickness had been severe the past two days, and the stomach acid had irritated her throat, making her voice a bit raspy.

She had been so busy today that she hadn't even spoken more than a few sentences to him.

How had he noticed?

"Just leave it there." Coralie still refused to give him so much as a glance. "I'm tired. Hurry up and leave, don't disturb my rest."

Channing stared fixedly at her. Seeing her putting up this front of absolute indifference, he couldn't help but let the corners of his mouth tilt up slightly.

She was putting on quite an act, wasn't she?

If he hadn't noticed that she was holding her phone upside down, he might have actually believed she was heartless.

She was having a hard time letting him go too, wasn't she?

Thinking this.

Channing walked over, standing right in front of her, his gaze dark and deep. "Boss—"

"What is it?"

Coralie snapped, looking up at him, almost failing to keep her composure. "You're so annoying. If you don't leave right now, I'm calling security to throw you out."

Inside, two little versions of herself were at war.

One was desperately trying to push Channing away, while the other was screaming at her to make him stay.

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